Final Day of Essay Writing!!!!!

Today in class we reported to classroom 111 for  our teacher. My group is done our essay, we are just adding our citations and printing it out mod 4. I think we have an excellent paper, we have all worked equally and hard on this paper and I'm hoping for an A. I think our group deserves one because we all put a lot of effort and hard work into our paper. Tonight I'm going to study and watch the video on Ancient Greece and get prepared for the test tomorrow on Ancient Greece. 

       TOMORROW MR. SCHICK RETURNS :D

Substitute # 2

Today in class we had another sub and we worked on our essay. My group is almost done our essay

Substitute Day #1

Today in class we had our first sub which was Ms. Zurkowski. We got to work on our papers, which was really nice. My group is doing really good so far, we are a good bit into our essay. I'm estimating we will be done in two days. Overall it was a good class. 

Farewell to our beloved Mr. Schick, have a safe flight!!!

Today was our last day with Mr. Schick for a bit, he is going to visit his daughter in the Netherlands. We will have subs for the rest of week which I like because we get a few days in class to work on our papers with our group members. (I'm not happy because you're leaving Mr. Schick I just appreciate that we get to work on essays). The last two groups presented their projects and did a great job. I have a lot of homework still left (English homework *sobbing*) so I don't have time to post my notes. I'll probably wind up this weekend editing this post and adding my three pages of notes (heads up haha)

Have fun in the Netherlands Mr. Schick, we all shall wait for your glorious triumphant return back to the states. *P.S* Don't lose your passport.  

Presentations!!.. again

Today in class two more groups presented their projects, Greece Art and Architecture, and Pericles and the Golden Age. I took notes on some of the important things that were in their presentations, here are the notes I took:
-Plays were written around 430 BC
-Tragedies and comedies 
-Performed on special occasions 
-Plato invented logic
-Golden Age ended because Athens wanted to become stronger and wanted Athens to become weaker
-Hoplites- the most common type of heavily armed foot soldier in ancient Greece
-Hoplites armor weighed 70 pounds
-1/3 to 1/2 of the men in Ancient Greece are estimated to have been able to fight and buy the needed materials for war
-Triremes- ancient boat called tremes because it has three banks of oars and was pretty fast, even though they were large it was light enough for the crew to carry back to shore
-Socrates lived from 470-399 BC
-Socratic Method- forces people to examine their own beliefs
-Socratic Method influenced scientific method
-Socrates was sentenced to death by drinking hemlock 
-Aristotle lived from 384-322 BC
-Aristotle and Plato didn't get along well 
-Aristotle's theory of deduction 
-Plato born in 428 BCE and died in 387 BCE 
-Plato joined the army from 409-404 BC 
-Plato studied religion, geometry, and astronomy in Italy and Egypt
-Doric order, Ionic order, corinthian order were three famous architecture frames 
-Doric- simplest 
-Ionic- more decorative
-Corinthian- common style
-Sculptures major part of the arts
-Sculptures were mainly made out of marble and bronze
-Greek art was inspired by Egyptians
-Classical period sculptures got better and did realistic human actions and facial expressions
-Hellenistic period focused more on emotions and details of sculpture 

Presentations

Today in class my group presented our project on Athens, Sparta, and the Peloponnesian War. Our presentation went really well, Mr. Schick really liked it and I got compliments from two classmates on our Google slides powerpoint. Mr. Schick decided that these presentations will go on Quarter 3, which I'm really happy about. I have a 93 right now currently and the 100 points will raise my grade higher. Over all, class today went really well.

Will We Have Another Cyber Day on the First Day of Spring?!

Today in class we took notes and Mr. Schick got a hair cut.. best of luck of speech and debate!!! FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT hahaha. I hope we don't have another cyber day or else I might just cry. Anyway here's todays notes:

-After Hippias was gone, Cleisthenes (aristocrats) engaged in a power struggle
-Isagoras has support from some aristocrats plus from Sparta
-Cleisthenes had support of the majority of Athens

Who wins you are  asking... CLEISTHENES TAKES HOME THE GOLD MEDAL!!!

-Cleisthenes supporters revolted against Isagoras tyranny and showed them who's boss!
-They trapped Isagoras on the Acropolis for 2-days and on the 3rd day he fled and then was banished

Do you love democracy?.. Will then 508 BCE is you favorite year!!! 

Cleisthenes and Democracy:
-Member of elite
-Very rich 
-Insulated from  "hoi polloi"
-Crafty politician

Cleisthenes-                               Hippias-